Endocrine disruption of water and sediment extracts in a non-radioactive dot Blot/RNAse protection-assay using isolated hepatocytes of rainbow trout: Deficiencies between bioanalytical effectiveness and chemically determined concentrations and how to explain them

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 347-360

  Hollert, Henner ^a   Dürr, Matthias ^c,e   Holtey Weber, Roman ^b   Islinger, Markus ^a   Brack, Werner ^d   Färber, Harald ^b   Erdinger, Lothar ^e   Braunbeck, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Hygiene Institute   (Germany)

^d Environmental Research Center   (Germany)

^e Hygiene Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioanalytics; Endocrine disrupting chemicals, estrogenic potential; Hepatocytes; Rainbow trout; Sediment; Triad approach; Vitellogenin; Xad extract

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; AMBERLITE XAD 4 RESIN; AMBERLITE XAD 7; ANION EXCHANGE RESIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; VITELLOGENIN; WATER; XAD-4 RESIN;

BIOASSAY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; SALMONID; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; GERMANY; LIVER CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; RAINBOW TROUT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; ANION EXCHANGE RESINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; HEPATOCYTES; MALE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYLS; RIVERS; RNA, MESSENGER; VITELLOGENINS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NECKAR RIVER; WORLD;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 27644599028     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2005.07.273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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